Before we dive into tips for playing medic in MvM, I want to make some stuff clear:

This guide is purely based on my opinion, which isn't the only opinion on the planet.

Another thing: I know medic isn't a must have class to win a game of MvM. Before Two Cities Update, medic wasn't even considered as a core class, and this update gave him the power to become how we know today.
I'm saying this, because I want to make it clear that some of you might not agree with some points I'll be explaining in this guide. Feel free to let me know your thoughts down in the comments section bellow, but please, respect my opinion. I will return the favor and also respect yours :)

Everything clear? Alright, let's go...

• Keeping teammates at full health and alive
  
• Reviving dead teammates
  
• Supporting teammates using canteens
  
• Blocking incoming damage with shield

First, let's talk about Medic's MvM loadout:







So, we've got two primaries here, but why, you ask? Your primary isn't a weapon you should use too much unless using Mad Milked syringes, in order to gain health back. In my opinion, any primary weapon can be useful, It's more of a preference.

Any Syringe Gun can perform well. In this guide, I feature Blutsauger, since I think It's the most reliable of them all. How I said, any primary will do It's job well, It's more of a personal preference.







For me, Crusader's Crossbow is the best primary you can use. It throws damage away in order to increase your heal rate. It shoots special arrows that deal damage to enemies and heal your teammates, both depending on distance traveled. It can be used in order to heal your teammates from far away or taking out snipers if anyone isn't targeting them. The biggest downside of this weapon is probably it's small clip size of one arrow.







Blutsauger can be used to drain health from robots that are easy to hit, such as scouts or giants. The only downside of this weapon is that It decreases Medic's self health regen, which means he can be killed easier, especially by afterburn.

In MvM, Medi Gun is a weapon that Medic's going to be using 99% of the time. Pay attention to choosing right Medi Gun, since It can make or break your game.








In most of my guides, I say that "You can't really go wrong with Stock weapons". Yeah, but when It comes to medic in MvM, It's only sorta true. Medi Gun can be viable sometimes, but your team will need more damage than survivability, especially because your team already has a medic that heals people (And engineer sometimes). However, It can help while facing hordes of soldiers/demos that are constantly spamming their projectiles your way.

𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: If you're looking to save as many credits as possible, switch to Kritzkrieg. Crit canteens cost 100 credits when not affected with Canteen Specialist upgrade, and Über canteens only cost 75 credits. This means using Kritzkrieg is better for everyone who is looking to save their credits.







Kritzkrieg is probably the most used Medi Gun in MvM, simply because It's probably the best one. It boosts It's Über-rate by 25%, which means Kritzkrieg can be fully charged after 32 seconds of healing without Über Duration upgrade. With this awesome damage booster, you can easily wipe-out tons of smaller robots, help your demo dropping Über-Medics and destroy tanks with ease.







Sometimes, I heard people say that Quick-Fix is actually useless in MvM, but allow me to disagree. Since Quick-Fix has increased heal-rate and constantly builds It's Über in maximum rate, It means this weapon is ideal to use in first two/three waves, simply because projectile shield will charge in instant + You'll be able to heal your teammates faster. This is crucial for a first few waves, since you don't have many credits to operate with, you don't have many resists and you need to survive to pick as much money as possible. (Except for Wave 666 of course). Good to mention that Quick-Fix's increased heal-rate helps with reviving dead players, which means you can also use this Medi Gun when your team is dying in a speed of selling Mann. Co. Keys on Community Market.







The most hated Medi Gun in TF2 isn't actually the worst option for MvM. I personally think that there's no worst option when It comes to Medi Guns, but let's get back to Vaccinator:
Since It doesn't boost your damage by any way, It isn't an offensive medi gun, right? Well, It's awesome for blocking out specific damage types. Since robots come in hordes, you can easily block out most of their damage output. The only thing you need to keep in mind is this weapon can block only one of the three damage sources (Bullets,Explosives,Fire) and Über is actually split into four mini-charges that can be popped 2,5 seconds after each other, or right after each other If damage source is swapped.

There aren't many good choices when It comes to medic's melee weapons. I personally think that your melee weapon should be more of a tool than an actual weapon for you.







For me, this is the melee weapon for medic in MvM. It allows you to gain 25% of your Übercharge upon every successful hit. This comes in handy when Sentry Buster enters the area, since you can get a few easy hits on him before he approaches your engineer, but be careful! You don't want to get blown up by Sentry Buster.







Stock Bonesaw or Solemn Vow aren't that useful for MvM in my opinion. There's no such a reason why you should use stock Bonesaw in general, and the only upside that Solemn Vow has is that it allows you to see health of the enemy, which is already enabled in MvM, which makes this upside pretty much useless.







Amputator's main advantage is you won't die from afterburn, since It provides you with +3 health regen/second. It's downside Is -20% damage, which won't hurt you much, since you won't use melee as much as your primary and medi gun. Amputator also allows you to heal all nearby teammates while taunting with it, which can be useful sometimes, but It leaves you open to any incoming damage.







Vita-Saw's unique mechanic to store organs upon hits allows you to keep 15% of your Übercharge for every organ stored won't find many uses in MvM. Sure, It can be used in first few waves when you'll probably die the most, simply because of need for credits. However, in later waves, this weapon won't find much use. -10 Hp won't improve this weapon much, since robots can easily take you down. Note that one hit with Vita-Saw isn't as powerful as one hit with Übersaw, since you can charge full Über in 4 successful hits, rather than store 15% of your Über for next life. If your resistances are upgraded, you won't probably use this weapon.

Let's talk about upgrades. In my opinion, you should always prioritize Medi Gun upgrades, resistances and canteen over upgrades for your primary weapon.








This upgrade should be your number one choice 90% of the time. Shield was added in Two Cities Update and is one of the medic's biggest advantages in MvM. It can block any incoming damage source except fire from flame throwers. It can also be used as a weapon, meaning you can run into robot's face and zapping them with your shield. This can be used in order to drop few Über-medics, but don't try to drop all of them, they will often realize they're running low on health and pop their Über.

𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: Both shield upgrade levels only cover your front FOV, which means It won't cover your back and area above you.









After you buy atleast first level of your shield, focus on Healing Mastery upgrade. This upgrade makes you better at everything you will do in MvM. If you're using Vaccinator, be sure you have this one, since Vaccinator's overheal rate is slower by default. This upgrade is a must have in general, so make sure you buy it. The more levels you buy, the better.

• +25% Patient Heal Rate
  
• +25% Revive Rate
  
• +25% Self Heal Rate/level

If you want to keep your teammates alive and efficient, be sure to buy Overheal Expert aswell.
Medi Gun's overheal will be +25% bigger and will stay +50% longer per level.

𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: If you want to maximize potential of this upgrade, use Stock Medi Gun or Kritzkrieg, since Quick-Fix's overheal isn't as big as overheal of Stock Medi Gun or Kritzkrieg, and Vaccinator's overheal rate is decreased by default. Make sure you buy Healing Mastery upgrade aswell to balance Vaccinator's overheal downside.

• +25% More Overheal
  
• +50% Overheal Duration/level

This is the last upgrade in "starting" section. This upgrade allows you to share one your canteens with your patient, decreases price by 10 credits/level and increases canteen duration by 1 second/level. depending on which Medi Gun you use, buy Canteen Specialist and adjust your canteen choosing. If you're using Quick-Fix or Vaccinator, use probably Crit or Über canteens. With Medi Gun and Kritzkrieg however, choose "the opposite" side, meaning while playing with Kritzkrieg, use Über canteens and with Stock Medi Gun, use Crit canteens.

• Allows to share canteens with medic's patient
  
• +1 second duration/level
  
• -10 price/level
  
• 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: Must confirm the upgrade for price reduction to work

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Resistances are the most common upgrade you can buy for yourself.

Always look at the wave composition and use it as a guide to what resistances you should buy. Crit Resistances are generally really useful and only cost 450 credits to max out. Other resistances' usefulness depend (again) on wave composition.








Buying this upgrade can be useful to extend your Übercharge from 8 seconds to maximum of 14 seconds. Great for extending time you can support your team with temporary DPS boost while using Kritzkrieg or resistance shield with Vaccinator. This upgrade is good for every Medi Gun.

Allows you to apply Mad Milk when hit a robot with your syringe gun. If your team doesn't have a scout (especially in Boot Camp), you can use this to apply Mad-Milk to giants. This works only with syringe guns and Crusader's Crossbow doesn't have this upgrade. Effect lasts for 1 second for every syringe hit, maximum duration of Mad Milk is 4 seconds.

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦









This upgrade isn't really necessary and you won't probably buy it too often, but I have to include it. Buying this upgrade can make you charge your Über faster, even without Übercharge Rate upgrade I'm going to talk now. +10% per level isn't much, but when bought 3/4 levels of this upgrade, you'll definitely notice it.

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦








In my opinion, invest only one/two points into Movement Speed on Medic. It's not a bad upgrade, but investing 600 credits is too much. This upgrade isn't necessary, so don't be afraid to skip it If you're in need for credits.

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐋𝐨𝐰









I recommended you to focus mainly on Über duration, Healing Mastery or Overheal Expert upgrades, but I didn't tell you anything about Über Rate. Mainly because investing 300 credits into +25% Über rate per level is pretty worthless when Übersaw can charge your full Über in four successful hits. Yes, If you're rich and you can afford it, than go for it! But I wouldn't bother investing more than one level into it, really.

If your team has engineer, there are always sentry busters coming. Depending on how many engineers you team has, the number of sentry busters that will try to destroy their buildings. Sentry Busters are great targets for quick-charging your Über, but never forget to run away before they explode!

𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: If you're using Kritzkrieg, you already have one level of this upgrade, since It charges 25% faster than Medi Gun.

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐋𝐨𝐰

There are 5 types of canteens in MvM, 4 of those canteens can be purchased by a medic. Player can be only one type of canteens are the time and can carry up to three charges of one canteen type. Crit and Über canteen's effects last for 5 seconds.

Those are probably the only three you'll ever need to use:



Good choice to deal with giant robots, tanks, groups of small robots or as a temporary damage boost.

This canteen should be your number one option when using Stock Medi Gun, Quick-Fix or probably Vaccinator



When getting overran by robots, using this canteen can save your life. Good to pair with Kritzkrieg or Quick-Fix. Always good to use on friendly pyro to survive powerful attacks, since he'll be facing danger from closer range.



If your engineer has ran out of metal or you're facing multiple tanks and your entire team has chosen pyro, this canteen can come in handy, since pyros will often buy crit canteens for themselves. If your team doesn't have an engineer or you can't simply rely on his dispenser, use this aswell.


Before we move onto some extra tips: I don't think that Teleport to Spawn canteen is useless, but I don't think It can be useful either.

• 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 - This tip is always number one thing you need to keep in mind while playing medic, doesn't matter If playing casual, competitive or even MvM. You're called Medic for a reason, so always heal everyone and don't leave anyone behind.
  
  - When the wave starts, make sure your scout is overhealed, since he'll be able to take risks and pick money in dangerous areas he would otherwise die in.
  
  
• 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 - Sometimes, picking medic isn't best thing you can do to help your team. If your team already has one, don't pick another one. If your teammates aren't dying like Iphone's battery depleting, you won't probably need two medics in your team. My fellow friend ★Lyra★ has discussed topic about "main dilemma" in his Team Fortress Guide, so don't forget to check it out and give it a like + favourite! (Sorry about that joke with Iphones tho..)
  
  
• 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠/𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫 - Always stay in the same area as your teammates. If you can, stay nearby a dispenser or atleast a healthpack so you can easily heal yourself in tough situations. Always try to heal your frontline classes (Soldier, Pyro, Demo, Heavy) as much as possible, but don't forget about the rest of your team, such as spy, sniper, engineer or scout (If he doesn't have enough overheal from picking up money)
  
  
• 𝐊𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐌! - This one is super obvious, but If you use Kritzkrieg and your team has a demo, let him lay down a couple of critical stickies, which will give incoming robots a warm welcome...
  
  
• 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤! - Reviving teammates is one of those things you can do as a medic. Using Vaccinator, you're able to revive dead teammate in instant using only 25% of your entire Übercharge, and with Quick-Fix, reviving teammates will become much easier aswell! Generaly revive as many times as you can. You don't necessarily have to sacrifice your life everytime your teammate dies (This is what I do), but If there's no sign of extreme danger, go for revive.
  
  
• 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 Ü𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 - This tip applies to every Medi Gun, but differently to each Medi Gun.
  - If using Stock Medi Gun, Übercharge provides you with 8 seconds of godmode invulnerability, which means you can survive things such as sentry buster's explosions or spy's backstabs. It's also good to use on pyro, since he's facing danger from close range. Giants will usually focus on that pyro, which can also provide good distraction for a while.
  - If using Kritzkrieg, always make sure that you pop on someone who has ammo and his weapons are reloaded.
  - If using Quick-Fix, don't hesitate to use your Über to revive dead teammate or your shield to block incoming damage. Quick-Fix has increased heal rate, which means your Über + Shield will be charged in seconds.
  - If using Vaccinator, don't hesitate to use one of your charges to revive dead teammates. To increase charge's efectiveness, keep your eye on possible damage types around you and pop with the most common damage type.
  
  𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: Revive rate depends on dead teammate's class and his recent survivability. Scout, Engineer and Spy are light classes, which means they will be revived faster than a Heavy for example.
  
  
• 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢 𝐆𝐮𝐧 - By this, I mean your Medi Gun should be a weapon you have in your hands 90% of the time. Don't prioritize Syringe Gun or Bonesaw. You're not a battle medic, and If you are, than feel free to stop reading this guide and find better one.
  
  
• 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬! - This is a slight opposite to previous tip, but hear me out: If you're running from spawn for example and your sniper calls for medic, use your crossbow and heal him from afar. If you're running low on health and there are no healthpacks or friendly dispenser nearby, use your syringe and shoot some robots to gain health back. This only works for Blutsauger or any syringe gun with Mad Milk Syringes upgrade. Also, don't forget to use your Übersaw to quickly charge your Übercharge by hitting some small robots or sentry buster.
  
  
• 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧! - I know It can be frustrating If you're a Mann-Upper with over 500 tours on Two Cities and you're constantly getting tour 1. players to your team, but TF2 is still only a game, and you should enjoy playing it. I already wrote this in my previous guides, but don't get frustrated when someone starts yelling at you. Take a breath, apologize and continue playing.

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